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'rctau oi t sraarnsraarnnar or PETER F. S. HACK, F NEUDGRF, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA.

BROOM.

Application filed March 24,

T 0 oil whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PETEn F. S. HACK, a subject of the King of Great Britain, and a v resident of Neudorf, in the Province of Saskatchewan and Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brooms, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accoin 'ianying drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in brooms; and the object oi my in ention is to provide abroom ha ving a head which can be readily detached and replaced by a new head.

llith these and. other objects in View, the present invention consists in the combination and arrangement of parts which will be hereinafter more fully described and finally y" =inted out in the appended claims it being further understood that changes in the specitic structure shown and described may be made within the scope of the claims without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views: Figure 1, shows an elevaticnai view with partsbrolren away of a broonii embodying my invention, showing the casing door as open. Fig. 2, is a sectional view with parts broken away. Fig.

3., an enlarged lctaohcd detail disclosing the slotted ear and toe location of the spring plate. Fig. sl'iows a. fragmentary detail disclosing ih 't the carrying bar in contact with t a s' 'u'ing. Fig.6, shows a I he screw cn'iployed in securing the a i'iousing'.

out the aim of my invention which includes the back The :i ront 3 is very in back, so that there is Front 55 an access opening oxtcndi i .ll. 'idth. oi the casing, as clvarly shown Fig. 1. This casing ends in the handle soclret 2, arranged to receive suitable handle A, the lower end of wl'iich is slotted and ai'laptcd to be held upon a. shoulder 3, formed oi sheet metal and secured witbi the housii'ag' below the socket. 3 holds the broom handle A lruwal. The access opening of Formed .y pinsiecvc 5, whichgive support in pin pa Blllg through the sleeve rt of the casing 1, as shown no Specification of Letters Patent.

191 1; Serial No. 826,960.

Fig. 1. The door 4 further has the screw sleeve 9, which is arranged to be held in alinement with the screw sleeves 7 and 8. A screw 10 passes through the sleeves 8 and 6 and screws into the sleeve 7 to securelv hold the door in position to close the access opening, which extends entirely across one lower end of the casing. Upon one side I provide the a'pertured eye 12, which as shown is accessible through the access opening, while located immediately opposite the apertured eye 12, is an ear 14 having the slot 15, this construction being shown in Fig. 3. The slotted ear is also accessible through the acceis openin Secured within the casing and having its free end 16 behind the ear'14, is the spring plate 13, this construction being shown in Fig. 4. The upper portion of the spring end 16 is flanged out ard as shown at 02, so that the carrying bar 11, which is arranged to be. romovablv held within the eye 12 and slot 15, will be held in frictional contact with the end 16. the flanged portion permiting the carrying bar 11, to readily slide against the end 16.

The broom head B, is made in any convenient manner to snugly fit into the casing, the broom straws being secured by means of tho usual strands a. This broom head B has an opening ncar the top arranged to removably receive the carrying bar 11, as shown. in Fig. 2. Now after the broom head is worn it is simply necessary for the 0perator to remove the screw 10, open the door 4-. and force the broom head B upward so that the bar 11, will be carried away from the spring end 16, and out of the slot 15, while the remaining and of the bar 11 will readily slide out of the eye 1. The carryinn bar 11, is then placed within a new broom head, and has one end first introduced into the eye 12 when the remaining end is carried into the slot 15 and against the spring and 16. The door 4, is then again closed and secured and the broom will be ready for use.

From the foregoing it will he noticed that the broom casing and handle are not thrown away when the broom head i i worn out, but form permanent and lasting mplements or ranged to receive the broom iieads B.

It is of course understood that the broom head-is of such a size that the same will snugly fit into the casing.

The broom is simple and inexpensive in Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

construction and both durable and efficient in operation. 4

Having thus described my said invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is:

1. A easing of the character described having an access opening upon one side and a handle socket, a door hingedly secured to said casing closing said access opening,

means to secure said door, an apertured eye secured within said casing accessible through said opening, a slotted ear opposite said eye, a. spring plate secured to said casing having one end behind said ear, a broom head, and a carrying bar removably secured within said broom head having one end removably held Within said eye and the other 'removably held Within said ear, said spring contacting with said bar to removably hold the same, as and in the manner set forth.

2. A casing of the character described having an access opening upon one side and a handle socket, a door hingedly secured to said casing closing said access opening,

' means to secure said door, an apertured eye secured Within said casing accessible through said opening, a slotted ear opposite said eye, a spring plate secured to said casing having one end behind said ear, a broom head, a carrying bar removably secured within said broom head having one end removably held within said eye and the other removably held within said ear, said spring contacting with said bar to removably hold the same, and a handle within said socket,.as l 

